Please remind me what century this is; is it really 2007 or is it 1907? Did I miss something? What impressions do you get from this mix of 'questions' taken directly from this forum?
Do you think women should be working
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Why are women so discriminated against in the office they live in filth?
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Is the working women are liabilities?
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Why working women are assets?
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How come the pool of eligibel men shrinks for successfull women?
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What preconceptions about women in the professional world are true?
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Should there be more women in the Police and should their skirts be shorter?
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2007-02-22 19:20:47 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Social Science ➔ Gender Studies
EDT: ROBINSON
"Exactly HOW do you define success, Baba Yaga?"
I define sucess the usual way: prestige, status and monetary rewards.
2007-02-23 11:19:52 · update #1
Honestly, the impression I get from these questions is: a majority of them contain incorrect spelling, grammar, and punctuation. I know this forum can be disheartening, and I admire all the smart women on here who prove the trolls wrong. However, think of all the people you know in real life - have you ever met an intelligent, educated, kind man who would think, let alone ask, such things?
The men who believe women should actually be only housewives are the ones who could never afford to financially support a housewife or children, IMO. Oh, the irony.
2007-02-23 04:42:00 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Steve_Sider answered the question perfectly.
Exactly HOW do you define success, Baba Yaga?
I personally define success by how many people one reaches in a positive way before they die.
It appears that you define success the way a businessman defines it.
Have you questioned why that success should be greater than any other measure?
Whatever, though. I'll concede that "certain" men and "certain" women are intimidated by "successful" career women, although I'm not exactly sure where these people are located.
2007-02-23 09:38:20 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
It depends on the individual and is situational.
Intimidation is a non-gender related verb meaning to force into or deter from some action by inducing fear. Intimidation is bullying, free from gender-stereotypes. Male and female bosses or managers can be defined as intimidating.
I'm uncertain how success is being defined in your question.
Lets assume you are referring to a manager-type position, where there's authority over others. The manager is receiving feedback describing their behavior as intimidating or fear-inducing. Is that a characteristic of an ethical, successful career person? Chances are, if people are feeling intimidated, they are being intimidated.
The people asking the questions in this forum are attempting to get attention. In case you haven't noticed, those types of questions that get the most responses and answers.
2007-02-23 03:38:21 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I guess you are not considering nurses and teachers as "successful"?
So, how do you define "success"? Wealth, position, power?
If so, people are sometimes uncomfortable with how people (men and women) BEHAVE once they've attained a certain "status."
Some "powerful" women take on a somewhat proud, manly demeanor, and THAT is which makes some people uncomfortable or perceived to be intimidated by some.
Similar to the discomfort people feel by feminine and subservient behavior in men.
It's not the career, it's the person and how their perceived "success" affects their behavior.
2007-02-22 23:54:16 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
I am not intimidated by successful career women. However, I don't like women who use their career as an excuse to be a *****.
On another note, I have worked with many women in the past. The motherless ones are great to work with. They have a superior attention to detail and are great at follow-through. However, the breeder women I've worked with are absent at least 10% of the time taking care of their kids, making the rest of us have to work harder and longer to do their work along with our own.
2007-02-23 05:03:58 · answer #5 · answered by Peter D 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I am not sure where you generated the word 'intimidation' from. I think that there are lots of differing opinions on what the roles of men and women are. People are not necessarily intimidated but just intolerent of other peoples ideas of what they want to do with their lives. I hope you are not exhibiting that intolerence.
2007-02-22 22:46:39 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 0⤋
I guess some men are just put off by career grrrls. If you liek manly men and you are surrounded by feminized men, well it sucks for you. Same if you like womanly women and are surrounded by mannish career grrrls that must tick those off who seek the first.
2007-02-23 04:40:22 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
They judge a persons performance based off their genitial configuration rather than their merit. People like this rarely achieve much themselves, and ergo, don't matter in the greater scheme of things.
2007-02-22 19:24:22 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
Yes there are really men who are intimidated by successful women, they are the ones who marry late or who do not marry at all becuse men are afraid of their intellegence and success and feel that they will be treated under their skirt if they fall as partner to them.
2007-02-22 19:30:59 · answer #9 · answered by kibbs 4 · 0⤊ 4⤋